Does Amendment 3 give Volusia rental properties the $250,000 homestead exemption?
No. Homestead is for a permanent resident’s primary home. A rental in Volusia County is non-homestead. Source: Pinellas County Property Appraiser Amendment 3 FAQs.
Northeast I-4 / coastal · Table 4 · tax year 2028 model
Amendment 3 in Volusia County: rental tax impact
Volusia rentals do not receive the proposed $150,000 / $250,000 homestead exemption. The dollars below are Walczak’s backfill model — what happens if millage is raised to replace lost homestead revenue, limited by 10-mill caps.
· · Figures retrieved 2026-10-18 · Volusia millage is on the county page.
Walczak Table 4 for Volusia
| Property type | Additional 2028 tax | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Apartment unit | $497 | 25% |
| Single-family rental | $1,444 | 26% |
Percents are published as whole numbers. Statewide Table 2 is more precise (SFR 14.6%, apartments 14.8%). School millage is unchanged by the amendment but is in the baseline used for the percent.Source · What Amendment 3 does (PCPAO)
Walczak Table 5 does not include a municipality inside Volusia County. County-level Table 4 is the published figure; we are not interpolating a city number.
Questions owners actually ask
How much would Amendment 3 raise taxes on a Volusia rental?
Walczak’s 2028 revenue-neutral millage model (Table 4) puts the average Volusia single-family rental at $1,444 additional tax (26%) and the average apartment unit at $497 (25%). Local governments could instead cut spending or raise other fees. Source: Jared Walczak, Amendment 3 Could Shift Tax Burdens to Renters (Walczak Policy Consulting, September 2026).
Holding-cost calculator for Volusia
Defaults use Unincorporated Volusia County — Westside (millage code 100) (17.3640 mills) and the OIR homeowners-with-wind average — not a DP-3 quote.
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